Laminate Flooring Facts

Laminate Flooring Facts


Do you know what are laminated floors? How they work on and after installation? With what do they consist of?

I have worked many years with lots of types of wood floors, and even pavers, bricks, cement, so let me share with you some good facts about laminate flooring..

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What is Laminate Flooring? and What do they consist of?

Well you could look up in any dictionary , but let me give you a simple definition.

Laminated wood is a piece of material that has a dense fiberboard core with a paper pattern layer sealed both top and bottom under high pressure with a plastic-like substance, they have a thing layer on top consisting of one or more thin sheets of a fibrous material (usually paper), that come in a mounstrous ways, patterns, colors and types. If you want alof of strong defenition look up here:

http://www.google.com/search?hl=en&defl=en&q=define:Laminate+Flooring&sa=X&oi=glossary_definition&ct=title

They can be sold as planks, panels, tile alike peices, stone alike peices, and many other looks.

Now you have the feel of what is laminate flooring, and what do they consist of..

How does Laminated Floors work?

Well laminated floors work in a very simple way, first they are planks or panles that are all clicked or locked together in the style of a huge puzzle in your home or commercial space, depending on the locking system of the board, it can be eather really easy to install or very, very , and very hard to click, the easiest locking system is the UNICLIC style boards, also called LOC, which goes easy like butter, the best one to install. QUICKSTEP is a very famous and well known brand of laminate floors, that i even install up to date, and they work just with this locking system.

Also one thing everyone should have in mind is that laminate floors have a no doubt self expansion that occurs naturally, NO MATTER WHAT!
So if your floor buckles up.. It eather might be installation or moisture or liquid penetration. Which can easily be seen and noticed and also defined from what caused the problem.

Laminate floors have many good points and bas points, but this is juat a basic overview.. Ill write off some further information on seperate articles to to leave you going crazy with all this wood talk..

Till next time..

Make sure you take a look at this website, its really good and talks alot about Laminate Flooring , Hardwood , Ceramic Tile, vinyl, and even pavers, also packed with many ideas, tips, and lots of information.

http://www.flooringcorner.com